Idle Gumball Machine
Addictive and short clicker/idle game where you use the mouse to shoot balls at pegs.
Break the game!
Wishlist the full game:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3724490/Idle_Gumball_Machine/
IncrementalDB owner username: AntiqueGearGames
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $4.99 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- Idle Gumball Machine 1.1 Update Out Now!61 days ago
- Steam Demo Out Now!Dec 08, 2025
- Idle Gumball Machine Playtest Now Avaliable!Nov 18, 2025
- Full Version of "Idle Gumball Machine" in the Works!Sep 04, 2025
Comments
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um why cant i launch the app??
Hi, I'm not sure. If you answer these questions I might be able to help.
1. What operating system are you using?
2. Are you double clicking on the .exe file?
3. Does anything at all happen when you double click on the .exe file?
4. Have you unzipped the .zip file?
i'm using windows 10, is it supported?
oh yeah, when ever i double click it, it like doesnt launch and imediately crashes, i think thats bad
Yeah sorry, I'm not sure what's going on. Windows 10 is supposed to be fine. You can reach out to itch for a refund and they'll probably give it to you. Not sure what to do, sorry.
oh ok thanks for trying to help me
Hi, is there any way you could upload the game files as an app? I'm on a Macbook and would really like to play whatever else is out right now. I bought the game to support as well.
Nice work on the game and thank you,
Hi, thanks for buying the game! Sadly, I can't export to Mac. I'm inexperienced in that area and it takes a lot of time. I hear that Windows emulation for Mac is getting good, so you might look into that.
If you're still not able to play it, let me know and I can contact support and ask them to refund the game for you. Itch doesn't have an automatic refund system like Steam does, so it may take a minute. If you wanna keep to to support me tho, I won't complain!
I wouldn't refund, but thank you! I do think you did a very nice job with this and it's very addicting as an idle game, so I am glad to support!
Oh, well thank you!
This game is very addictive ! you always end up shooting “just one more gumball.” The strange music, creepy clown balloon sounds, and constant achievement grinding make it hard to stop playing. Plus, it even saves your progress in the browser.
Here's some of my gameplay
Hey, thanks for playing and making a video on it!
Thank you for making yet another game for us epic gamers... I made a short too, spreading the word 🤞
Oh, very cool! Thanks!
This game is honestly amazing. I love the fart sound when you click save and exit too. Bought it on Steam!
Haha, thanks! Fun fact: that fart didn't come from me.
The sound design is brilliant! Did you make the sfx yourself or did you pull them from somewhere? In either case, excellent use of them. I'll buy the steam version next time I get paid ehehe.
Thank you! Some of them are made with my mouth, but most are from sites like free sound and open game art.
This game looks rlly coolio :D
I hope the full version is available on mac ( please like actually every single gud game on steam & itch.io is windows exclusive oh my god )
Hi, thanks!
Unfortunately, mac is really hard to develop for and has such a tiny market share that it's just not worth it. I hear that windows emulation is getting good on mac, so you may want to look into that.
Sorry,
-Vincent Poteet
Is there a way to listen to the ost outside of the game
Yes! Here's the links to the two music packs I used:
https://pizzadoggy.itch.io/cozy-tunes
https://jhawk-studios.itch.io/free-music-store
so goooood!! This game has so much juice I had to buy it immediately! And that OST is amazing
Thank you very much! Glad people like it.
Love the game, any plans for mobile release in the future? Web demo functions great for mobile as is.
(Would only need to add a prompt for upgrades or just require another input to purchase after selecting anupgradee, in terms of changes)
I've considered mobile, but I'm not sure. You're right though, it probably wouldn't be a ton of work, but probably more than either of us thinks!
when i download the download one on here, it keeps saying failed to fetch?? i cant play the download
also when playing the game here in the browser, after ascending you cant leave the ascenscion upgrade menu... i bought all the upgrades i can, but when it asks me if im sure i want to leave, and wont be able to buy more til i ascend again, it just doesnt take me back to the menu... or to the game.
Hey, thanks for reporting this! You're now able to download a new version that should work.
steam version doesn't work
Hi, what do you mean by "steam version doesn't work"? Is it not launching, not downloading, is the link to the Steam page not working, is it freezing, crashing, or doing something weird? Does the Itch version work?
Thanks for the help.
i download it but i cant play it
That's still not super specific. Does it start at all? Does it show a splash screen for a few seconds and then crash? Does it freeze? Can you please describe it in more detail? There are many ways a game can be rendered unplayable. Thanks again for your time.
the image shows the error
Thanks! Is this the version you downloaded from itch? If so, you should be able to download the new version from here and it should work. There was an issue with the download itch build.
Game is pretty! I've completed the demo in 1.5 hours (omg)
When full game? :D
Hey, thanks! I'm hoping the full game is gonna release in March, but we'll have to see what my publisher has to say about that lol
MAN this game was funn. please use longer variables, preferably with no negative values, for the full game because going crazy at the end was super fun.
Best of luck! I hope this game does well
Thank you! The full game lets you go much further than this version.
Amazing! Wishlisted.
Thank you!!!!!
Hey, just wanna let you know that you can now playtest the full version of the game! If you wanna try it out, here's a link where you can request access: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3724490/Idle_Gumball_Machine/
Thank you soo much for letting me know!! This game was a blast and I can't wait for full release!
I broke the game... i have gold in the negatives...
Lol poggers
Beat it all. Waiting for the release.
Thank you! Did you wishlist it on Steam? (you better have lol >:-/)
Of course! Already did
Thanks a million! 🥳
Hey, just wanna let you know that you can now playtest the full version of the game! If you wanna try it out, here's a link where you can request access: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3724490/Idle_Gumball_Machine/
Bought everything, very fun game, but some of the effects are wrong, for example: dust particle says it gives 500%, but it doubles (still very op but just wanted to let you know it does something else) and i didn't feel anything from "gamer" so idk if that one works
Very fun game, looking forward for more updates/full game
Hey, thanks for the feedback! I'm making the full version, which has a steam page. (Wishlist pls!)
I'll look into the dust particle, and I think the gamer not seemingly doing anything is because he gives you a small percentage of gold, which is at first less than 1, so he doesn't do anything at first, but then once he does it's not really noticable.
Understandable, ill look and wishlist it.
I would maybe suggest buffing gamer to give math.round()+1 rewards instead of math.round (just makes it so you always get 1, and it feels strong). or you could buff the effect, idk, but i hope to see more of this game =D
Good suggestion, although I think I'll make it so that the gamer adds the ball's gold to your gold when it hits the wall. I think that multiplying your total gold or gum is generally a bad idea anyways lol
Hey, just wanna let you know that you can now playtest the full version of the game! I've addressed some of the issues that you brought up. If you wanna try it out, here's a link where you can request access: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3724490/Idle_Gumball_Machine/
This is the only peggle/pachinko style game I've ever seen that does squash and stretch on the balls. 10/10, unironically. The demo being ended with an integer overflow is brilliant, also.
edit: nvm it keeps going oh god
LOOOL thank you! I'm making a full version, so if you wanna play it, please give it a wishlist so I can afford to eat food! (I like food tbh) You can also give feedback and suggest things on the discord server. Here's links to both if you're interested.
And yeah, squash & stretch is OP
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3724490/Idle_Gumball_Machine/
discord.gg/9yknGuvKDr
I'm dead broke atm, but I'm gonna wishlist that shit so Steam knows it's good. Perhaps I will find ten dollars by the time you turn this fucker loose. Maybe even twelve
Lol, thanks! It's probably gonna be a lot less than $10 btw
Hey, just wanna let you know that you can now playtest the full version of the game! If you wanna try it out, here's a link where you can request access: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3724490/Idle_Gumball_Machine/
Access requested, best of luck in testing!
boingy orbs
Indeed.
Continued after the numbers broke and managed to make psychic beam fire 70 times per second, each peg have 0 starting hp and got 1 million gum after a lot of purchases of old gum, good game
Ha, thank you! Steam page coming soon btw...
This is a very fun game, full of personality and juice. Well done!
Thank you very much! I think the "Gamer" upgrade has the most personality imo.
When will the full version come out? Really fun game tho
Thank you! Working on getting a Steam page up, so get your wishlist finger ready! I don't have an exact release date, but it won't be TOO long. A better demo will probably be out fairly soon too.
That was really fun. finished it secretly at work. can't wait for the full version. good luck
Thank you! I'm glad it was fun enough to risk your job over lol
Finished in 30 minutes. It was fun. I wanted to play a little just for the sake of it but number overflow broke the game
Thank you! The full version is gonna be longer. I'll also try to make it so that you can play indefinitely. (for now, you can "ascend" by reloading the page or closing/opening the game lol)
Woah
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might wanna fix the web version fullscreen where only the bottom left is visible and the other 3 areas are jsut black
Hi, thanks for the feedback! I'm not sure what you mean though by the bottom left being visible and the rest being black. Are you able to send a screenshot?
Also, which OS and browser are you using?
Hi, I use windows 10, the most recent firefox.
If I use fullscreen mode, it looks like this:
Thanks for the details! I'm not sure how I'd fix this, but there is a downloadable version that you can try. No one else has reported this issue, so for now I'm gonna assume that your computer is doing something weird. Is this happening with any other web games on itch?
Well, might be my computer since it is many years old, so wouldnt be surprised about anything.It aint really an issue, I jsut play the game in browser in normal mode (without going fullscreen).
It might be my computer, or in fact my firefox since other games for a while now had a similar problem:you know, when on an itch page with a web game, you click the games play button and a popup with the actual game opens?in firfox that popup stays black.like I see the godot loading screen thing but when the actual game would be playing, only black/grey screen.When I use chrome that aint happpeneing.
Didnt have this before but had this happen in firefox since a while ago.
so yeah, likely jsut my computer or firefox messing around.might evne be jsut some adblocker issue, who knows?
Ok, thanks for the additional info. I'm just gonna call it a non-issue and continue work on the full game.
the most satisfying incremental game i've ever played! the integer overflows are annoying though :[
Thank you! If I expand this, it'll be longer of course and will probably have a better ending.
Hey, just wanna let you know that you can now playtest the full version of the game! I've fixed the integer overflow issue. You can keep on going for a very very long time now. If you wanna try it out, here's a link where you can request access: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3724490/Idle_Gumball_Machine/
my pegs become 0
lol
I hit negative, lol.
pog
I didn't.. but (formerly) I broke the game by sometimes getting a FREE upgrade!! pogpogpog
WHAT!?!?!?!?? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
lol get rekt game engine
this is really fun
Thank you, I agree!
save state would be nice
If I make this into a commercial project it'll definitely have a save state. :D
I'd buy this in a heartbeat on steam!
Thank you! Might happen...
this games super fun! reminds me a bit of nubbys number factory, very satisfying i broke it in around half an hour i think
Thank you! Nubby was definitely a big inspiration for this project.
Thank you! There's a very nice negative number you've created there lol
I broke the game so much i refreshed and cant load no more :I
Bruh that's not supposed to happen!
Have you tried clearing your cache?
Fun game but don't like the intiger overflow. I can't see my quintillions of wealth
Thank you! If I expand the game, I'll definitely add more content. (and probably really large numbers)
Hey, just wanna let you know that you can now playtest the full version of the game! You can now keep on going for a very very long time because I fixed the integer overflow issue. If you wanna try it out, here's a link where you can request access: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3724490/Idle_Gumball_Machine/
Thanks for the game! It was really fun to break it :)
Btw, if you let the game run for a little while after getting the gear values to 0, you can purchase de psychic beam again and the gears will dissappear real fast.
You're welcome, I'm glad you liked it!
Good to know you're messing with the game even after it's broken lol
Real fun game to break, you've really got the SFX dialed in so that hitting pegs feels good.
Got the 0 value pegs around 45 min in, but was getting the wild fluctuation between negative and positive values awhile before that.
Glad you like it, thanks! Most of the SFX are just me making sounds with my mouth lol
What music is this?? I NEED it.
Should I show it to you? Hmmmmmm...
Ok!
https://pizzadoggy.itch.io/cozy-tunes
I heard "Erik Satie - Gymnopédies" sadly not mentionned by pizzadoggy.
A rendition of that piece was actually in the asset pack that I got from Pizza Doggy. Here's a link to the exact pack if you want it: https://pizzadoggy.itch.io/cozy-tunes
(it's FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!)
A perfect 30-minute experience, need more!!!
Btw, this game is 1st on best new game rank in incrementaldb. You deserve the real best new now!
Oh wow, thank you! I'll go look at incrementaldb now!
Hey, just wanna let you know that you can now playtest the full version of the game! If you wanna try it out, here's a link where you can request access: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3724490/Idle_Gumball_Machine/
Nice fun game. Would be good if the upgrades had a 1/x marker on their displays so u knew how far away u were from maxxing out
Thank you! I agree, and I also think they should display how many you've purchased.
That would also be a really good improvement! I would also love to see more upgrades. Fun game :3